Chromatin is dispensable for bacterial life
Inside cells, DNA is intimately associated with proteins, forming chromatin. The protein constituents of chromatin vary across the tree of life: histones are the principal building blocks of chromatin in eukaryotes and many archaea, whereas bacteria typically encode a collection of nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) that wrap, bend, bridge or coat the DNA. Although chromatin proteins appear to…
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